Belgium: Majority oppose mosques and minarets

Belgium: Majority oppose mosques and minarets

See here and here for more such surveys.

Similarly to the French, Belgians don't see a big difference between banning minarets and banning mosques.  In fact, there are very few people who oppose building minarets who do not oppose building mosques as well.   

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A majority of Belgians oppose building mosques.  Almost 56.7% don't want mosques to be built in Belgium, and 61% don't want one in their neighborhood, according to a survey conducted by iVOX for Le Soir Magazine.

The survey was conducted after the ban on building minarets in Switzerland.  59.3% of the Belgians say they support a ban on minarets.  In Switzerland, 57.5% supported such a ban.

38% of the Belgian are 'absolutely' against building minarets.  Of those 38%, the Walloons are most against building minarets (44%), followed by the Brussels residents (40.3%)  and the Flemish (34.3%).  Moreover, those 50 and older oppose minarets (47.9%) more than younger people, 32.8% of those 30-49 years old, and 29.9% among those younger than 29.  Men (41.8%) oppose them more than women (34.2%).

The survey was conducted Dec 3-5 among 1,050 Belgians.  The margin of error is 3%.

Sources: HLN (Dutch), Le Soir (French)

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